More than 50 public hospitals across South Africa are operating without permanent chief executives. The issue of hospital CEO vacancies is raising concerns about leadership, accountability, and patient services in an already-strained health system. Provincial health departments have blamed budget pressures, austerity measures and controls on employee compensation. These constraints have delayed the appointment of permanent senior managers. Acting executives…
Tag: Service Delivery
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Afrox Unpaid Invoices: Lawsuit Exposes Provincial Health Debt
African Oxygen (Afrox), a major supplier of medical gases to South Africa’s state hospitals, has taken the national and provincial health departments to court over R360m in unpaid invoices, some dating back to 2017. The High Court action in Pretoria signals a deepening payment crisis across provincial health systems and raises fresh concerns about the stability of public hospital supply…
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Ritshidze Report Highlights Decline in Services
A new report from the community-led monitoring group Ritshidze has exposed a “system-wide slide” in basic service delivery at South Africa’s public clinics. The report states this sharp decline, marked by critical staff shortages and failing patient systems, directly coincides with the drastic cuts to the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) funding. These cuts were made earlier…
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Kempton Park Hospital Security Under Public Scrutiny
The Gauteng health department is under fire for spending more than R35 million on security guards at the derelict Kempton Park Hospital. This facility has stood empty and abandoned for nearly three decades. Despite the exorbitant cost of Kempton Park Hospital’s security, the building has been ravaged by vandals. It has been stripped of its fittings and covered in graffiti,…